[whb07]

I’m going to get downvoted for stating the obvious but …:

Lots of comments talking about “but US subsidiary, still has to follow US laws if mandated”

If I added the amount of sources where the EU imposes something on a non-EU company here it would crash the server.

[openplatypus]

Just exclude EU user. Block if from EU access and nobody will touch you.

You want to handle our data?

Obey our rules.

[ndsipa_pomu]

By saying "EU imposes something on a non-EU company", are you in fact referring to enforcing laws that are publicly known about? That seems like a totally different scenario to someone in the U.S. deciding that they need access to data in the EU due to some nebulous concern about national security and the company involved not even being allowed to openly discuss it.

[blitzar]

Companies must adhere to the law where they are headquartered and where they are physically doing business. In particular court orders apply to them from either/both jurisdictions.

Always has been, always will be.

[whb07]

To be explicit this is a problem with the system, whereby an arbitrary thing can demand by force something.

I wish EU/US et al wouldn’t do this but they do. Let’s further the comments outside this point.

[timeon]

How is your comment relevant to EU users (the actual topic)?